A bleak milestone the United States is about to hit – 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. Testing is ramping up in some areas after a slow start. But many states’ efforts still lag behind. At least nine of them have tested only 250 people per million […]
The Red Cross said on Wednesday that more than 200 violent attacks on health workers connected with the Covid-19 crisis had been reported across more than a dozen countries since the pandemic began. The International Committee of the Red Cross joined 12 other global medical […]
Helpful steps were taken to provide assistance to developing countries grappling with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis at the “virtual” spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from April 14 to 17, and at the Group of 20 (G20) summit […]
The WHO has announced the launch of the WHO Foundation, a legally separate body that aims to broaden the organisation’s donor base, while denying the foundation was created in response to the US pause on funding. Spain began 10 days of mourning on Wednesday in […]
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has notified the US Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China. Wednesday’s notification to lawmakers sets the stage for the US to withdraw preferential trade and financial status that the […]
The family of an African American man killed by Minneapolis police while handcuffed in custody demanded Wednesday that the officers be charged with murder. After a night of angry protests over the death of George Floyd, with law enforcement firing tear gas and rubber bullets […]
Anti-government protests have flared once again in Hong Kong – with more than 300 demonstrators being arrested during a standoff with police. They are angry over new proposed laws which they say damage the freedoms of Hong Kong’s people. Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown has more. […]
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering a day after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. The president cannot unilaterally regulate or close the companies, which would require action by the US […]
Spain began 10 days of mourning on Wednesday in memory of the more than 27,000 people who have lost their lives to the coronavirus. Flags are flying at half-mast until June 5. South Korea has seen its highest spike in cases in 49 days with […]
Helpful steps were taken to provide assistance to developing countries grappling with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis at the “virtual” spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from April 14 to 17, and at the Group of 20 (G20) summit […]
